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The Publication Facts Label: Put your journal's integrity in black and white - Public Knowledge Project The Publication Facts Label (PFL) is a plugin for journals using OJS that brings publication facts together in one place. Learn more and get the PFL.

✅ In PKP's "Archipelago" - "The Publication Facts Label: Put your journal's integrity in black and white"

"The #PFLabel will inspire #editors and #authors to comply with #PublishingStandards... (and) for editors... pursue #indexing opportunities"

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"We are planning to test whether the PFL is useful for our assessment of journals applying for indexing.” -- Matt Hodgkinson’s recent endorsement of the #PFLabel on behalf of DOAJ!

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Do Large Language Models know Which Published Articles have been Retracted? Large Language Models (LLMs) can be helpful for literature search and summarisation, but retracted articles can confuse them. This article asks three open weights (offline) LLMs whether 161 high profi...

New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872

#AI #Retractions #ScholComm

Do Large Language Models know Which Published Articles have been Retracted? Large Language Models (LLMs) can be helpful for literature search and summarisation, but retracted articles can confuse them. This article asks three open weights (offline) LLMs whether 161 high profile retracted articles had been retracted, performing a similar check for a benchmark multidisciplinary set of 34,070 non-retracted articles. Based on titles and abstracts, in over 80% of cases the LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted (GPT OSS 120B: 82%; Gemma 3 27B: 84%; DeepSeek R1 72B: 88%). The reasons given for a correct retraction declaration were often wrong, even if detailed. This confirms that LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online. For the benchmark test, there were only 55 false retraction claims from 34,070 non-retracted full text articles, and 28 false claims when only the title and abstract were entered, suggesting that there is only a small chance that LLMs discount valid studies. When retractions are erroneously claimed, this does not seem to be due to mistakes in the article. Overall, the results give new reasons to be cautious about LLM claims about academic findings.

New study: "In over 80% of cases the [tested] #LLMs claimed that a retracted article had not been retracted…LLMs have little ability to distinguish between valid and retracted studies, unless they are allowed to, and do, check online."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872

#AI #Retractions #ScholComm

ARL Daily Intelligence (April 20–23) — Association of Research Libraries The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily Intelligence is curated by Gary D. Price, co-fo...

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New on Érudit! ✨ Histos: The Online Journal of Ancient Historiography, specialized on historical and biographical writing from ancient Greece and Rome, has published its first issue on erudit.org.

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Publisher Profile: Dr. Carlos A. Blanco. Editor, Southwestern Entomologist. From collecting jars of insects as a child to 25 years at the USDA, Dr. Blanco has dedicated his career to entomology and agricultural science.

Meet Dr. Carlos A. Blanco, Editor of Southwestern Entomologist and a scientist who has spent decades at the intersection of pesticide research, agricultural policy, and public science communication.

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Introducing The Publication Facts Label: Another Tool In Your Research Integrity Toolkit (via @doaj.bsky.social) blog.doaj.org/2026/04/22/i... #scholcomm #journals

Research Article (Preprint): How Unique are Hallucinated Citations Offered By Generative Artificial Intelligence Models? arxiv.org/abs/2604.16407 #AI #GenAI #LLMs #scholcomm

Research Article (Preprint): Do Large Language Models Know Which Published Articles Have Been Retracted? arxiv.org/abs/2604.16872 #LLMs #GenAI #AI #scholcomm #retractions

ARL Daily Intelligence (April 20–23) — Association of Research Libraries The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily Intelligence is curated by Gary D. Price, co-fo...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Academic Freedom and Scientific Independence in a Polarized Age. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conv...

The #DefendResearch May 19th webinar will be a conversation with @bparsonst.bsky.social and @rouhiroo.bsky.social exploring "Academic Freedom and Scientific Independence in a Polarized Age." More info and registration here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #censorship #Academica #ScholComm #SciSky

COUNTER Releases "Best Practice on Generative and Agentic #AI Usage Metrics" www.countermetrics.org/ai-guidelines/ #scholcomm #libraries #publishing #guidelines

Invest in Open Infrastructure (IoI) Publishes Landscape Scan on “Sustaining the Commons in the #AI #Economy” www.infodocket.com/2026/04/21/i... @investinopen.bsky.social #scholcomm #libraries #openinfrastructure #curatedcollections

SciLake’s Legacy: From Fragmented #Research to Scientific Knowledge Graphs www.openaire.eu/scilake-s-le... (via @openaire.bsky.social) #knowledgegraphs #scienece #scholcomm #SciLake

Major initiatives for diamond OA - Open Access Directory

Sufyan bin Uzayr and I just created a list of major initiatives for #Diamond #OpenAccess in the #OpenAccessDirectory (#OAD).
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Editor Interventions

Learn more about our recommendations and download our Editor Checklist:

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Keeping pace with OA means managing multiple requirements, policies and workflows.
We support real-time visibility into funded research and OA status. Move forward with confidence and talk with us to learn more: www.chorusaccess.org/about/how-it-works
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Is the scientific literature a database or a library? - LSE Impact How do two conflicting visions of the scientific literature as either a library or a database shape attitudes shape key issues in scholarly communication?

💥Is the scientific literature a database or a library?

✍️ Willem Halffman and Serge Horbach

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UC #Libraries Expand Support for Diamond Open Access with Strategic Investments in the Open Journals Collective and Biogeography (via Office of Scholarly Communication,
Univ. of California) osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2026/04/uc-l... #OA #libraries #publishing #scholcomm

#Licensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific #Data (A New Report From @creativecommons.bsky.social) creativecommons.org/2026/04/20/l... #scholcomm #opendata #libraries #researchdata #bestpractices

→ What if science became truly multilingual?
85% of articles were in English in 2023 (94% in 1990) 📊
A modest decline, but meaningful.

By @caropradier.bsky.social, @lucyces.bsky.social and @lariviev.bsky.social.

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#OpenScience #Multilinguism #ScholComm

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Here's a #paywalled article with a truncated #OpenAccess abstract. You can tell from the title that the author has some objections to #OpenData ("a good idea that can be taken too far"). But the free version of the abstract doesn't tell us what they are. It starts by listing the benefits of open […]

ARL Weekly News Roundup (Friday, April 17, 2026) Research Library Collections and AI Libraries have decades of expertise in copyright, mass digitization, and balancing the stewardship of sensitive materials with a mission of broad public access, all...

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Research Paper (preprint): "Democratizing Scientific #Publishing: A Local, Multi-Agent LLM Framework for Objective #Manuscript Editing" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... #LLMs #GenAI #AI #scholcomm #science

ARL Daily Intelligence (April 13–16) — Association of Research Libraries The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily Intelligence is curated by Gary D. Price, co-fo...

The #ARLDailyIntelligence brings you today’s essential news & analysis for library leaders & advocates. Check out today’s top stories!

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Now Available: VIDEO Recording: #OpenAlex Townhall with CEO Jason Priem (Q2-2026) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfbX... #scholcomm #libraries #researchtools

New Data: Open Journal Systems (#OJS) Now Powering 58,000 Journals Across 156 Countries (via @pkp.sfu.ca) pkp.sfu.ca/2026/04/15/5... #publishing #scholcomm #openinfrastructure

Organizational Resilience through Collaboration. A NISO Training Series. Thursdays, 11:00 am–12:30 pm, June 4–25, 2026. https://niso.org/events Headshot of woman with short hair. Alice Meadows, Independent Consultant and Founder, MoreBrains Cooperative. NISO Logo with tagline How the information world connects.

Navigating rough waters in #ScholComm on your own? Join our next training series!

@alicemeadows.bsky.social @cshillum.bsky.social & Maurice York @bigtenacademic.bsky.social will offer tips on how to build collaborative relationships that strengthen organizations. www.niso.org/events/organ...